Resource Type
Web Link
Region
Arctic
Grade
Middle School and Up
Author(s)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Zooplankton Methodology Manual
Topic
Engineering Design
Materials and Tools

One of the simplest biological samplers, zooplankton nets are made in a wide variety of styles and sizes. The two nets in the MARMAP Bongo vertical-haul net system explained here each have a mouth diameter of about 25 cm.